Staff Accountant

Description An up-and-coming firm in the Hotels industry has teamed up with Robert Half to find an efficient Staff Accountant to join their team. As a Staff Accountant, you will prepare journal entries, monthly and year-end closings, bank reconciliation, fixed asset maintenance, and general ledger reconciliation. During the monthly close, you will have charge over many aspects of internal reporting. Your duties will also include participating in compliance, reviewing schedules for the reporting processes, and staying connected with our external auditors throughout quarterly reviews and annual audits. This position involves a good deal of time spent on producing Financial Statements, Cash Flow projections, and Budgets. Located in the Little Rock, Arkansas area, the company offering this challenging long-term contract / temporary to hire opportunity provides a thriving environment and rewards effort.

Your responsibilities in this role

• Prepare complex journal entries and account reconciliations including but not limited to cash, prepaid expenses and payroll

• Assist in the month end, quarter end and year end closing process including monthly financial close workbook preparation

• Organize capital lease and monthly payment schedules

• Be responsible for analysis of income statements and balance sheets and communicate findings to management

• Perform month end close, journal entries with minimum supervision

• Offer succinct analysis on a wide variety of financial data and communicate it in a clear and concise manner

• Keep up fixed asset ledger, depreciation, and reconciliation

• Support implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures ensuring compliance with GAAP

• Take part in various department-wide initiatives

• Ad-hoc reporting and special projects, as needed Requirements - Efficient in ERP systems

• Recent and relevant accounting experience

• Ability to work within spreadsheets and databases

• Month end closings experience

• Expertise in journal entries

• Monthly Financial Statements experience

• Background working with Pivot Table

• Year-end Financial Statements experience

• Earlier work involving Quickbooks Online

• Practical knowledge of Microsoft Excel

• Comprehensive knowledge of general ledger

• General familiarity with Credit Card Reconciliation

• Demonstrated knowledge of Bank Account Reconciliation

• VLOOKUP experience highly preferred

• Adeptness in account reconciliation

• Great attention to detail

• BA/BS or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or Economics

• Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic and constantly changing company environment

• Self-starter with efficient time management and organizational skills

• Strong organizational skills and a proven ability to meet deadlines

• Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills

• The ideal candidate will be highly-skilled with exceptional analytical, quantitative and social skills

• Proficient with spreadsheets and databases

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